Team Florida's 2011 Solar Decathlon FLeX House is a smart prefab home for hot climates that creates a comfortable, efficient interior environment through the use of photovoltaics, passive design, and shading techniques.
Team China’s model home for the Solar Decathlon boldly combining recycling and solar energy. The cargotecture Y Container, submitted by Shanghai's Tongji University students, uses six recycled shipping containers as its structural base.
H.O.U.S.E, cleverly stands for House Optimizing the Use of Solar Energy, and is the University of Nottingham entry for the Solar Decathlon in Madrid, which starts this Friday.